Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Eos Chasma Mensa (Released 14 March 2005)

Vital Statistics
Location: 0.4N, 324.5E	Released: 2005-03-14
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20050314a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20050314a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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One of the topics for the Image of the Day was mountains and chaos on Mars.

This image is located in Eos Chasma and on the left side contains a feature type called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table'. A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges. The other isolated hills and mesas are more typical of chaotic terrain - where collapse occurs after some sort of subsurface support material is removed.